It's Not About Trudeau Or Trump: It's All About YOU!

Like I said over at Warren's place, we get the government we deserve by remaining silent, or not taking action as the change-agent.

What it all comes down to is the type of society we want to live in and promote: most of us were either inculcated or have developed certain fundamental values.

Trudeau senior was on the right path with his Just Society. A baby step taken is to realize that we should treat other people how we hope to be treated. Then we should try as best we can to conduct our lives with honour and decency.

Nothing less should be expected from our leaders: they should be a mirror reflection of the kind of society we value and hope to live in. They should work for the people, not themselves.

It should be for the common good, not all about them, their wishes, desires and an endless drive at self-serving promotion.

The collective should be the priority: making our world a little better than we found it, one day at a time.

In short, if politicians go out of their way not to live up to your personal ideals, then fucking turf them.

That's what Trudeau and Trump have in common, a narcissistic drive for it to be all about them. Never mind the rule of law or other elected representatives -- no, no, it's always their way or the highway.

They're in it for themselves, period. They are never wrong and an opposition never right. And they have this view, Dear Reader, that you ought to just go along with anything. They know better than you do, so remain silent and fall into line, like good saps.

My message: say Hell No! and take the battle to them. Give as good as you get but fight with everything that you've got for change, positive change, that will help put the country back on its right path again.

No one ever has to agree with any or all governments. But make it your goal in life that it at least reflects your view of a decent, honourable, caring, compassionate world that reflects the country's ideals and higher angels. That's what we should demand at the ballot box.

Never, ever, remain silent. Vote, not only your political beliefs but most especially as a reflection of your personal values.

Think of the type of country you want and can admire -- and then make IT happen on voting day.